There was one rule my father fanatically upheld that I threw out the window as soon I left home. “No bare feet before May 1.” It made no sense to me. Should it be 80 degrees on April 30, we were still chastised for sneaking out in bare feet. Once Daddy made a rule, it was written in stone. Even after I was married, he told me I was wrong to go bare foot before May 1, to which I simply replied, “I’m grown now.”
His response, “Well, you try to raise your children right, then when they get grown they do what they want to.”…….long sigh.
I must have been such a disappointment!
Nutsrok 
I’m glad you were a disappointment to him, ’cause some things just ain’t practical.
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It was just more control
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HA!!! OH my!! “Kids, put those coats on when you go out!” (as they race out the door in 20 degree weather in short and no shoes—they’re fine!)
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Might even be good for them!
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YES!!
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Same over here: not walking bare foot during months with “r” in their name.
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Never heard the “r” rule.
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In the end it, means the same: bare foot from May to August… Funny we had to hear the same stuff … haha.
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I guess people are the same everywhere.
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Probably 😄
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No your not a disappointment, your father was using someone elese’s flawed rule. I dislike wearing shoes, always have. I recently started wearing them because of foot issues but there still not comfy.
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Barefoot is good!
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